Monday, June 22, 2015

Remodel Pictures

I promised pictures, so I'm going to try and get them all in today. Let's see if I have the time to pull this off. This is what my life has been revolving around for the past two months ...

OLD -This is the old living room. The marble fireplaceat the end is my focal. The blue carpeting isthreadbare and worn to the floor in spots and oneach tread of the staircases. The drapes are waterdamaged and sun eaten. Touching them causes tears.

NEW - New carpeting and new drapes. What a change. The drapesare a bit lighter than we had thought when the light comes through,but we still love the fabric. The fireplace can now be the star.

OLD - This was the old drape across the picture window. Althoughthe drape was good quality, age had caught up with it. It was too long for theheater that goes along the floor, and it had water damage from leaksfrom ice dams in years past. Nasty!

NEW - The new drapery is shorter, allowing the heat to go into theroom instead of out behind the drape. It's a gentle grey color andgoes really nicely with the mantle/fireplace and the new silver/grey carpet.

OLD - The old kitchen flooring was icky - just icky. I never liked itfrom day one. The yellow appliance on the left is our non-functionaldishwasher. It will be replaced, probably next year. The yellowappliance on the right is my oven, which works even though it's old.

NEW - Same basic view, but now with thenew laminate. I finally have a floor that I cankeep clean and I am SO THRILLED!

OLD - The old kitchen from the breakfast nooktoward the pantry door and hallway. Icky, icky,ICKY!!!!

NEW - Looking from the garage entry towardthe pantry down in the breakfast nook. The laminateis phenomenal and we're both very happy.

We're not quite finished yet. The molding will be installed in the kitchen in early July and we still have to move things back into cupboards and displays. Wall covering in the living room is our next priority and I'll start working on more samples for DH to look at this week.

We took Sunday off to relax. Had a lovely breakfast followed by a really enjoyable time watching Jurassic World, then home and relaxing for the rest of the day. Except for the fact that I ate too much popcorn, all was good. But now it's Monday and it's time to get back into the rhythm once more. Have a happy Monday, all.